50 years of the Boeing 747: How the 'queen of the skies' reigned over air travel
- Written by Janet Bednarek, Professor of History, University of Dayton
The 747 takes off on its maiden voyage. AP PhotoOn Sept. 30, 1968, the first Boeing 747 rolled out of its custom-built assembly plant in Everett, Washington. From the beginning, everything about the plane once known as the “queen of the skies” was big.
It was the first wide-body “jumbo jet” ever built, involving about...
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